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Football Thread 2011/12 |OT7| Avaya ever heard anything like it?
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Tim the Wiz
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I'd rather have Welbeck on the left than Park or Young on current form.
I don't doubt his capacity to handle it.
Maklershed
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Sorry if this is a stupid question but why does it seem they bench Pogba all the time if he's such a 'phenom'? Is it because he's too green to be starting this late in the season? Has he been injured?
He's young, this is his first exposure to top level football (lol Premier League lol), and it's a complicated time in the season to put new players out there. And he has a bit of a reputation for losing possession in critical spaces. Not that he's done that yet for us, but it might explain some of the reticence.
In fact, he's been (briefly) rather good at hanging onto the ball, and at winning 50/50s. If he gets to play a half, perhaps, we'll get to see a greater part of the range of his game. Because it is there - he's not a simple footballer.
A large part of the reason why he's even on the bench is because he has been thinking about leaving us, and we want to keep him and develop him into a really excellent, physically dominant central midfielder. This would have been a lot easier if he'd come into the first team like Cleverley did - in pre-season friendlies, building up to the early games of a season. When there is time to figure out his influence on the team and its tactics at large. It's a gamble at the moment.
Maklershed
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Meus Renaissance
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3/4 of these statements from Bolton and Spurs are nonsense. Yes, we know he collapsed. Yes, we know it happened yesterday evening, and yes we bloody know it happened on the pitch - you don't need to fucking give us a weather report of the night. He was being resuscitated? Oh? We thought he was being massaged, how could we have not known that. Yes, we know he's in critical condition - the media have stated that yesterday. Yes, we know the match was abandoned. Who writes this stuff?
You have to get to the last sentence to find an actual update.
You have to get to the last sentence to find an actual update.
Vivalaraza
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Berbatov not on the bench again, we don't even have a striker on the bench.
I've never been a big Berbatov fan but man I feel bad for him now, wasted a year here.
I've never been a big Berbatov fan but man I feel bad for him now, wasted a year here.
Nah I am actually kidding and not insane.
OT8 should be about Valnen.
"WE SHOULD BE ASHAMED"
Guy scored tons of goals last season, what's not to like?
Tim the Wiz
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Berbatov didn't travel. Might just be injury ruling him out.
Vivalaraza
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It's not really that I dislike him, just I much prefer all our other forwards options. Berbatov's a good player but his style isn't suited to ours and I think we basically wasted alot of money on him. Of course, that's not his fault.
Vivalaraza
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Yeah but he did travel mid-week and didn't get on the bench there either. Wasn't mentioned in this weeks injury update either.
NOBODY POST ABOUT THE F1!
Please
LOL formula one
Vivalaraza
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Bolton's game vs Aston Villa on Tuesday has been postponed.
NOBODY POST ABOUT THE F1!
Please
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it's doubly sad as he's scored when he's been given a chance - more league goals than suarez this season
Vivalaraza
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I'll admit that I cried when this happened.Wow, this was pretty moving
Please tell me you're joking :|
Yup. Will probably not get any news before Monday.
LabouredSubterfuge
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Feel really bad for Berba. Hope it's because he's injured.
Thumbs up from me - I hoped Di Matteo would rotate a bit and he has done;
Implies, as least, that Mata is in behind Torres, with Kalou and Sturridge out wide.
Surprised, however, that some of our younger players aren't on the bench. Why Malouda instead of Lukaku? Ah well - only a few games to go, we should (should) win today, and hopefully a Torres goal to seal it.
Don't wait for his answer. Go and watch it
BBC highlights don't start for another half an hour yet
Willkiller
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Was in in the pub yesterday when we heaerd about Muamba, many a pint of Guinness was toasted to him. Hope he recovers soon.
A nice 3 points from Newcastle would go a fair way to make the weekend a little less depressing so hoping for that!
A nice 3 points from Newcastle would go a fair way to make the weekend a little less depressing so hoping for that!
Of course he isn't injured. Fergie tried to gloss over it midweek but he clearly isn't being considered for selection. He's not part of the plans.
Do you watch your games on TV?
No Romeu for Chelsea?
Also no Berba
Yeah, surprised he's not even on the bench, can only assume he's injured.
Meus Renaissance
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That's some sort of gel padded bra.
Meus Renaissance
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I was surprised when someone said that was Olivia. Her face is completely different there.
looks like she put some weight on.
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